Device for catching flies and other insects.



No.334.0s9.

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v U DEVICE FOR GATOHING FLIES AND OTHER INSECTS. APPLICATION FILEDMAY21,1906.

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PATENTED OCT. 23, 1906.

PRYCE WESLEY BAILEY, SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK.

- DEVICE FOR CATCHING FLIE S AND OTHER INSECTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 23, 1906.

Application filed May 21, 1906. Serial No. 317,882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PRYOE WESLEYBAILEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Seneca Falls, in the county of Seneca and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forCatching Flies and other Insects, of which the following is aspecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for catching flies and other insects;'and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this classwhlch may be used in the manner of an ordinary fan to which flies andother insects will adhere.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters, saiddrawing being a front or side view of my improved fly or insect catchingdevice.

In the practice of my invention I provide a frame a, which is preferablyrectangular in form and composed of wire and provided at one end with ahandle I). I also provide a sheet 0 of flexible material, strong paper,light fabric, or similar material being preferred, and said sheet is inpractice covered on both sides with adhesive material, such as isusuallyemployed in connection with ordinary fly-paper, and the sheet 0 isprovided in the form of construction shown with eyelets cl around theedgesthereof, and the frame a is provided with loosely-mounted hooks e,adapted to engage the eyelets cl and which securely hold the sheet a inthe frame a.

In practice a party desiring to use this device for catching flies orother insects grasps the handle I) and goes after the flies or insectsand uses the device in the manner of apaddle or fan, and all flies orinsects which come in contact with the sheet a will adhere thereto.

It will be understood, of course, that a number of sheets 0 are employedand kepton hand, and these sheets may be prepared so that by simplymoistening them the adhesive material thereon will be put in conditionfor use, or the adhesive material may be applied to the sheets a whenthe latter are attached to the frame a.

My invention is not limited to the particular means herein shown anddescribed for connecting the sheet 0 with the frame a, and any suitablemeans may be employed for this purpose, the idea being that a new sheetmay be substituted for an old one whenever desired.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. Adevice of the class described, comprising a frame having a handle, asheet of suitable material having adhesive material on the sidesthereof, and means whereby said sheet may be detachably connected withsaid frame, comprising eyelets secured in said sheet adjacent to theedges thereof and hooks loosely mounted on the frame and adapted toengage said eyelets.

2. In a device of the class described, a frame provided withloosely-mounted hooks, and with a handle.

3. In a device of the class described, a

sheet the sides of which are provided with adhesive material, the edgesof said sheet being also provided with eyelets. 4. An insect-catchingdevice made in the form of a fan and comprising a frame provided with ahandle and a sheet provided with adhesive material and means forsecuring said sheet in said frame, comprising hooks loosely mounted onsaid frame and adapted to engage said sheet.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presonce of the subscribing witnesses, this'16th.

day of May, 1906.

I PRYCE WESLEY BAILEY.

Witnesses:

FLORENCE L. VAN RIPER, HERBERT J. FEEHAN.

